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Everything Under the Sun: a curious question for every day of the year Hardcover – 9 September 2021
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"An absolute delight" - David Walliams
"One of the best kids books I have ever had the pleasure of reading" - Pandora Sykes
"Truly ace and answers every question your children may ever need answered" - Sophie Dahl
A collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world, based on the award-winning podcast by original QI Elf, Molly Oldfield.
How much bamboo can a giant panda eat?
Do aliens exist?
What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister?
Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads?
Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more!
Ponder where ideas come from with award-winning illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef, Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum.
Fascinating facts are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations making the perfect gift for Christmas. Whether you read a question a day, or dip into it whenever you are feeling curious, this is a book to treasure and share all year round.
Illustrated by Momoko Abe, Kelsey Buzzell, Beatrice Cerocchi, Alice Courtley, Sandra de la Prada, Grace Easton, Manuela Montoya Escobar, Richard Jones, Lisa Koesterke, Gwen Millward, Sally Mullaney, and Laurie Stansfield.
Praise for Everything Under the Sun:
'Trivia fans will relish Everything Under the Sun' - The Guardian
"A wonderful gift for families" - Evening Standard
"This is a book to treasure all year round" - My Baba
"As cute as it is educational" - Babyccino Kids
"A wonderful collection of 366 curious questions about everything from science to nature, dinosaurs to space" - Scottish Sun
"Simply mesmerising compendium" - Waterstones
"A beautiful gem of a book" - BookTrust
"Fascinating for anyone who opens it" - Red magazine
- Reading age4 - 10 years
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions23.7 x 2.2 x 28.7 cm
- PublisherLadybird
- Publication date9 September 2021
- ISBN-100241433460
- ISBN-13978-0241433461
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Product description
About the Author
Molly Oldfield is the host of 'Everything Under the Sun', a weekly podcast answering questions from children all around the world. The podcast went straight to Number 1 on the 'kids and family' Apple podcasts chart, when it launched in November 2018 and it won Bronze for 'Best Family Podcast' at the British Podcast Awards 2019. Molly is full of unusual facts and knowledge. She is known as The Original QI Elf and spent twelve years researching and writing questions for the BBC quiz show. She is also the author of several other children's books - The Secret Museum, Wonders of the World's Museums and Natural Wonders of the World.
You can find out information about how to send in questions to the podcast at: www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk
Momoko Abe was born in Japan and has been drawing ever since she can remember. Aged 20, pursuing her passion for visual storytelling, she came to the UK to study filmmaking, and still works in the TV and film industry alongside her illustration work. Momoko is an AOI World Illustration Award Shortlist artist. She lives in London.
Kelsey Buzzell is a freelance illustrator living in Oregon, USA. Kelsey finds regular inspiration from the forests, rocky beaches and high desert and all the creatures that live in the Pacific Northwest. She especially loves vintage shopping, outdoor adventures with her family, and a good mystery novel.
Beatrice Cerocchi was born in Rome in 1989 where she lives and works. She started to get interested in illustration when she went to her first Bologna children's book fair in 2004. During high school she attended two illustration courses at Ars in Fabula, in Macerata, Italy. She kept studying and after a master's degree in Architecture at Roma Tre University she went to Milan to take a postgraduate course at MiMaster, where she obtained a master's in editorial illustration. Her works have been featured in several magazines and picture books. She was selected at Bologna, Shanghai and Beijing Children's Book Fair. In 2021 she took part in the exhibition "Italian Excellence - The New Generation of Italian Children's Illustrators" organized by Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Alice Courtley is an illustrator based in the UK. She creates playful images with a blend of people, animals and backgrounds inspired by real life. Her work has been recognised for prizes such as the Batsford Prize and featured in exhibitions such as the AOI's 'Inspired to Innovate' in London. Alice's debut picture book, Lost in the City, will be published by Hachette Children's Group in 2022.
Product details
- Publisher : Ladybird (9 September 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0241433460
- ISBN-13 : 978-0241433461
- Reading age : 4 - 10 years
- Item Weight : 1 kg 320 g
- Dimensions : 23.7 x 2.2 x 28.7 cm
- Country of Origin : India
- Best Sellers Rank: #101,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #147 in Children's Books on Question & Answer Games
- #1,560 in Children's Reference (Books)
- #4,928 in Education & Reference for Children
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About the authors
Born in Warwickshire, Richard Jones has been living and working in Devon for over 20 years.
After graduating with a first class degree in Graphic Design and Illustration, he stayed on a little longer to complete a PhD.
His illustrated books include; The Child of Dreams by Irena Brignull with Walker Books. Our Planet, The One Place We All Call Home, by Matt Whyman with Harper Collins and The Proper Way To Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems, edited by Paul Janeczko with Candlewick and Walker Books.
His picture book The Snow Lion, by Jim Helmore, published in 2017 with Simon and Schuster and has been published in 20 languages.
He has written and illustrated three picture books of his own, Perdu (2020), Little Bear (2021) and Where Have You Been, Little Cat? (August 2022)
For more information take a look at www.paintedmouse.com
Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @apaintedmouse
Momoko Abe was born in Japan and has been drawing ever since she can remember. Aged 20, pursuing her passion for visual storytelling, she came to the UK to study filmmaking, and still works in the TV and film industry alongside her illustration work. Momoko is an AOI World Illustration Award Shortlist artist. She lives in London.
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Unfortunately the questions and answers involving human biology are ideologically driven, inaccurate, confusing (flittering between ‘gender neutral’ language and back again repeatedly) and don’t get me started on the horrifically sexist answer involving Mrs.Claus.


Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 March 2022
Unfortunately the questions and answers involving human biology are ideologically driven, inaccurate, confusing (flittering between ‘gender neutral’ language and back again repeatedly) and don’t get me started on the horrifically sexist answer involving Mrs.Claus.






We'll all be so sad when we finish it - another one please Molly!
